Hospitalization at the end of life among nursing home residents with dementia: a systematic review
Abstract Background Half of nursing home residents (NHR) suffer from dementia. End-of-life hospitalizations are often burdensome in residents with dementia. A systematic review was conducted to study the occurrence of hospitalizations at the end of life in NHR with dementia and to compare these figu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Palliative Care |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-019-0462-1 |